Beauty Tip of the Day - Brush Week! How to Clean Your Brushes

There are two types of blush cleaning, a quick clean that you would do weekly or to quickly clean a brush you need to use again while applying make up, or the second kind of clean is a deep clean that you would do monthly (or every time you use them if you are a MUA).

I use Mac's brush cleanser, for a quick or deep clean. But today I'll talk about deep cleaning your brushes.

What you'll need - A brush cleanser (I'm using Mac's brush cleanser), a towel, dirty brushes, and a sink.

This is how I do it - 

Step 1 - Take a brush, and lightly dampen hairs with warm water with brush facing downwards

Step 2 - Put some mac brush cleanser in your hand and swirl the brushes round in your palm

Step 3 - The cleanser will form soapy makeup layer on your hand, and you will see your brushes getting cleaner

Step 4 - Then use your hand to massage cleanser into brush hairs to clean further

Step 5 - Then rinse the brush under the tap taking care not to allow water to go back into the brush

Step 5 - Finally lay the brush on the folded towel, on a slight angle with the hairs facing down so any excess water drains onto towel not back into brush. 

They will probably take the night to dry, maybe a bit longer for the bigger brushes. I leave them on the dressing table in my bedroom not in the bathroom.

It's important to take care of your brushes to keep them at their best, the more you look after them the longer you'll have them. Also you need to clean away the build up of dirt and bacteria so not to spread to your face and give your skin problems!

It can be a long process cleaning your brushes but it's worth it!!

What do you use to clean your brushes, and how often do you do it?

Hannah x